SUSAN WEINER Graduate Research Assistant
Susan Weiner, Graduate Research Assistant, joined the Developing Brain Institute at Children’s National in March 2022. Susan’s primary research topic is characterizing the effect of maternal mental health on neonatal neurodevelopment. She is working on her doctorate in Pharmacology and Physiology from the Institute of Biomedical Sciences at the George Washington University.
Address: 111 Michigan Ave. NW; Washington, D.C., 20010
Email: [email protected]
Department: MRI Lab
Recent publications & presentations
2024 | June
Weiner S, Wu Y, Kapse K, Vozar T, Cheng JJ, Murnick J, Henderson D, Teramoto H, Limperopoulos C, Andescavage N. "Prenatal maternal psychological distress during the COVID-19 pandemic and newborn brain development." JAMA Network Open. 2024 Jun 3;7(6):e2417924. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.17924. PMID: 38900424
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38900424
2024 | April
Weiner S, Wu Y, Vozar T, Ngwa JS, Kapse K, Henderson D, Andescavage N, Limperopoulos C. "It's all in the timing: effects of maternal anxiety on neurodevelopment." Children’s National Hospital 14th Annual Research, Education and Innovation Week. Washington, D.C. April 2024.
2023 | November
Weiner S, Wu Y, Andescavage N, Henderson D, Limperopoulos C. The effects of a prenatal mindfulness intervention on maternal distress reduction, infant brain and behavioral development during the COVID-19 pandemic. Neuroscience 2023. Washington, D.C. November 2023.
2023 | April
Weiner S, Wu Y, Kapse K, Krishnamurthy D, Limperopoulos C. Elevated maternal anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic alters newborn hippocampal and amygdala development. Children’s National Hospital 13th Annual Research, Education and Innovation Week. Washington, D.C. April 2023.
(Award-winning poster: Clinical research: Graduate student)